Upgrading Brocaade 6.0 firmware question

[Gene Kenny]

Hello

I upgraded my Brocade switches from 5.1* to 5.3.0b, then tried to upgrade from 5.3.0b to 6.0.0b. The upgrade failed with following message.

tsw51:admin> firmwaredownload
Server Name or IP Address: 192.168.150.81
User Name: anonymous
File Name: v5.3.0a
Network Protocol(1-auto-select, 2-FTP, 3-SCP) [1]: 2
Password:
Checking system settings for firmwaredownload...
Protocol selected: FTP
Trying address-->AF_INET IP: 192.168.150.81, flags : 2
Accessing network timeout.
The server is inaccessible or firmware path is invalid. Please make sure the ser
ver name or IP address, the user/password and the firmware path are valid. If SC
P is selected, SSH server must support password authentication.
stsw51:admin>

I know my ftp server is working and the path is ok because I upgraded to 5.3 without any issues? I tired using release.plist and without relase.plist, and go the same results.

Thanks in advance

[TechHelp24]

Hello,

wich Brocade switch Type /Model do you have ?

BTW. v6.x is avai;lable only for 4GB Series Switches.

[Bill Rothanburg]

Check your FTP server and verify the path you listed for the filename is correct.

If the path is correct, check to ensure that the ftp login account has permission to access the files.

These are the most common problems I run into when the FTP server is working correctly.

[Rob Leadbeater]

Hi,

You say you're trying to update to 6.0.0b but the output you pasted shows that you were looking for v5.3.0a.

If that was just a typo, then check the logs on your FTP server to see if there are any clues there.

Cheers,

Rob

[sean carroll_4]

Hi Gene,

Did you get an answer to this issue?
I've got the same situation where I've upgraded a 48k from 5.0.3 to 5.3.0, then tried to upgrade from 5.3.0 to 6.0.1.
I get exactly the same message...it looks like the upgrade has a timeout after 30 seconds.

If you have resolved your problem, can you share the solution?

Thanks

[TechHelp24]

Hi the problem by gene was the Filename.
here must by the line "File Name:"follow:

/FTP_Folder/release.plist

example:

/v5.3.0a/release.plist